FNUS73 KDMX 061747 FWSDMX SPOT FORECAST FOR KIOWA MARSH...IOWA DNR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1247 PM CDT MON MAY 6 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1430 CDT ON MAY 06. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. AN INITIAL OBSERVATION AT IGNITION AND A MID BURN OBSERVATION ARE REQUIRED... PLEASE RELAY THEM TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FOR EACH PRESCRIBED BURN. .DISCUSSION... GENERALLY DRY CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH PRESSURE IS RIDGED THROUGH WESTERN IOWA AND THOUGH THE WIND DIRECTION WILL BE GENERALLY LIGHT NORTHWEST...IT WILL BECOME VARIABLE AT TIMES. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL REMAIN ABOVE 50 PERCENT TODAY. LOWER HUMIDITY AND A MORE PERSISTENT WIND DIRECTION IS EXPECTED ON TUESDAY. .REST OF TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (45-55 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 67. MIN HUMIDITY........58 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH. HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......4300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5900 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 2 TO 3 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST AROUND 1 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR (6400-17700 KNOT-FT). WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH. TIME (CDT) 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........58 43 36 35 34 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TSTM COV........ TEMP............62 65 67 67 67 RH..............70 65 61 59 59 20 FT WIND DIR..N N NE NE NE 20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 5 5 5 20 FT WIND GUST. EYE LVL WND DIR.N N NE NE NE EYE LVL WND SPD.4 4 4 4 4 EYE LVL WND GST. MIX HGT (KFT)...4.3 5.1 5.9 5.3 4.7 MIXNG WIND DIR..NW W SW S SE MIXNG WIND SPD..2 3 3 2 1 HAINES INDEX....3 4 4 4 3 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT). MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 49. MAX HUMIDITY........94 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT. HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......4100 FT AGL DECREASING TO 1500 FT AGL EARLY IN THE EVENING. MIXING WINDS........EAST 1 TO 6 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO POOR (400-6300 KNOT-FT). WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY (%).........34 32 33 36 32 33 WEATHER COV.....M M M M M M WEATHER TYPE....M M M M M M TSTM COV........M M M M M M TEMP............65 60 56 54 52 50 RH..............60 64 74 80 86 92 20 FT WIND......NE 5 E 3 E 2 SE 2 SE 2 SE 2 20 FT WIND GUST. 5 5 5 EYE LEVEL WIND..NE 4 E 2 E 1 SE 1 SE 1 SE 1 EYE LVL WND GST. 5 5 5 MIX HGT (FT)....4100 1500 300 300 300 300 MIXNG WIND......E 1 E 5 SE 5 SE 2 E 2 E 2 HAINES INDEX....3 3 3 3 3 3 .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (45-55 PERCENT). CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 72. MIN HUMIDITY........46 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH. HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......1400 FT AGL INCREASING TO 6900 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 3 TO 12 MPH INCREASING TO 13 TO 17 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO EXCELLENT (800-64400 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT TO EXCELLENT (81400-96700 KNOT-FT) IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 7 AM 10 AM 1 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........40 38 52 54 WEATHER COV..... S CHC WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE RNSHWR TSTM COV........ S CHC TEMP............50 61 69 71 RH..............89 67 53 47 20 FT WIND......E 3G5 SE 7 S 9G10 S 10 EYE LEVEL WIND..E 2G5 SE 5 S 6G10 S 7G10 MIX HGT (FT)....300 3600 6800 6900 MIXNG WIND......E 3 S 10 S 14 S 16 HAINES INDEX....3 3 4 4 $$ FORECASTER...DONAVON REQUESTED BY...CLINT MADDIX TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130506.KIOWA.01/DMX